Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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and practical. The usual methods of text-book study, reci- tation and lecture are employed, but the student is required to put into practice as far as possible the instruction which he receives. He, for example, not only receives instruction in regard to the theory and principles of drawing, pattern- making and machine construction, but he is required to make working drawings himself, to construct patterns, to make the castings in the foundry, to finish and set up the machine, and to operate it when it is completed. This combination of the theoretical and the practical characterizes the institu- tion. Being a state institution, the instruction in Purdue Uni- versity is free to all residents of Indiana of suitable age and acquirements. Small laboratory, library and incidental fees only are charged.

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to six, two to be nominated by the State Board of Agricul- ture, one by the State Board of Horticulture and three to be selected and appointed by the Governor. This act also provided that the Secretary and Treasurer should not be members of the Board. President Shortridge resigned December 31, 1875, an E. E. White, ex-commissioner of the public schools of the state of Ohio, was selected to succeed him. Dr. White began his work May 1, 1876. Under his management the institu- tion continued to gain in influence and popularity. The course of study was reorganized and strengthened. The number of the Faculty was increased. President White resigned in 1883, and James H. Smart, ex-Superintendent of Public Instruction in the State of In- diana, was elected to fill the vacancy. Under his adminis- tration, which still continues, the University is prospering more than ever before. During the life of the University money has been appro- priated from time to time by the State Legislature for the purpose of paying running expenses and for the erection and equipment of buildings. The last session of this body, in addition to an appropriation of $45,000 for improvements, provided an annual income of $30,000 in addition to the endowment fund arising from the sale of lands already mentioned. These amounts, together with the $15,000 an- nually appropriated by the United States Government for the experiment station, puts the University on a sound finan- cial footing. The permanent annual income may be summed upas follows: Interest on bonds, $17,000 ; annual appro- priation, by act of Legislature, $30,000; for United States experiment station, $15,000. Total, $62,000. The purpose of the institution is to afford the young men and women of Indiana an opportunity to acquire a good col- legiate education in Mathematics, Science, Literature and Art, and at the same time to secure instruction and practice in such lines of work as will fit them to engage in the prac- tical industries of life. The instruction is both theoretical

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Jke Faculty, I hold it ever, Virtue and knowledge were endowments greater Than nobleness and riches : careless heirs May the two latter darken and expend ; But immortality attends the former, Making a man a god. J. H. SMART, A. M., LL. D., PRESIDENT. A. M., Dartmouth, 1870 ; LL. D., Indiana State University, 1883 ; Sigma Chi. Associate edi- tor New Hampshire Journal of Education, 1860; principal of Toledo, Ohio, schools 1863-65 ; superintendent Fort Wayne schools, 1865-75 ; State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1876-82; author of (1) Physical Culture, (2) The Schools of Indiana and the Men Who Worked in Them, (3) A Commentary on the School Laws of Indiana. W. F. M. GOSS, A. M., Professor of Practical Mechanics. Educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ; author of Bench Work in Wood. Has leave of absence for one year to pursue advanced studies in Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MOSES C. STEVENS, A. M., Professor of Mathematics. A. M., 1882, Earlham College. Professor of Mathematics, Haverford College, 1859-63 ; prin- cipal Salem, Ohio, High School, 1867-76 ; present position since 1883 ; member Indiana College Association, National Teachers ' Association, Indiana Academy of Science ; contributor of many mathematical articles to various periodicals. STANLEY COULTER, A. B., A. M., Professor of Biology. A. B., Hanover College, 1871, A. M., 1874; Beta Theta Pi. Principal Logansport High School, 1873-80 ; Professor Natural Sciences Coates College, Terre Haute, 1885-87, presen t position since then; Member A. A. A. S., Western Society of Naturalists, Indiana, Academy of Science ; author (1) Histology of Leaf of Taxodium, (2) Spirogyra under Shock, (3) Resin Ducts and Strengthening Cells of Conifers, (4) Jacob Whitman Bailey.